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Are you interested in sharing your thoughts about books that you've read? See me up there, that's me (well, not really me, but sometimes it's how I feel) contemplating how I can attempt to read and review all of the romances that I am tempted with on a regular basis.

How's a reader to know what books should be bought and placed at the top of a mountainous TBR? The answer: Reviews. Reviews and shared opinions from fellow readers that have similar tastes to your own.

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A passion for romance novels

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Expressing your unbiased and honest opinion...both the good and the bad

Basic grammar, but don't worry about spelling that's what spellcheck is for ;)

oh, and you should be over 18 years old

It doesn't matter if you have a blog of your own or not. If your style is the same as mine or not...just think of it as typing your thoughts to a friend instead of speaking to them about it. If you are interested please email me using the Contact Form.

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Monday, September 24

First, some news. Apparently Google Feedburner is having some code issues...as in it hasn't been working since the end of last week. Most of you who use a Reader, like Google Reader (or the like), depend on a blog's "RSS Feed" to update the Readers so that you know when there are new posts. I am totally and completely dependent on my Reader so when the Feeds don't work I don't get an update. This is not good. It's how I follow most websites and blogs. Supposedly the updates to Readers are still working, which means the Feed isn't completely broken, however I don't believe that the emails generated from the Feed have been working, and quite possibly my Twitter and Facebook updates which are also updated by the RSS Feed. This is also not good.

I noticed on Friday that the number of subscribers went from over 900 to 0, and started to panic....then panicked even more when I started to read all of these "the sky is falling Feedburner is dead" posts. While I have over 900 subscribers, I only have email addresses for about 150 or so of them...so if I had to use a new Feed service I would only be able to notify those 150 about the switch, which means everyone else who uses the Feed in Readers could be left hanging. Which means that I could potentially lose a HUGE portion of my following and they might think I just completely fell of the face of the earth since they stopped receiving updates. *Gah!*

So this is what I've been able to surmise. If you are a GFC follower, all should be OK. If you subscribe to Seductive Musings using email, then you might not be getting updates. And if you depend of RSS Feeds for your Reader you are supposedly OK, for now. If you follow SM using Twitter and Facebook, then you might have missed a few posts since the Feed hasn't updated those sources like it should.

For right now, I'm kind of waiting to see if/when Google fixes Feedburner. There are rumors that they will kill it altogether, since they are going to stop supporting it Oct 2012. I was unaware of this fact until last week. I haven't received any notification from Google about this, but I may have to shop around for another Feed service. I pray it doesn't come to that, but if it does I will be sure to let you know HERE.

But enough of the doom and gloom. How was your weekend? Did you read anything good? I fell off the wagon of my self imposed Lora Leigh ban. When I was at the library last week they had Stygian's Honor and I caved like it was the last chocolate cupcake and I was PMS'ing, LOL. I thought, "hmmm I wonder if this one will be any better". I have such fond memories of the Breed series when it first started, that I keep hoping that it will be what I remember them being like. But I found this book confusing, even though I've read the majority of them, and very much ho hum...and even kind of boring. Am I remembering the earlier ones incorrectly, or has the series pretty much run it's course?

Needless to say I'm back to my self imposed ban. Sadly. I guess I did have a bit more doom and gloom in me after all. Did you read Stygian's Honor? If so, what did you think of it?

I need a pick me up, how about you? Will this do?Warning: Quite possibly not work appropriate :) And if you are tempted to see further work inappropriate images from the same series you should click here...just not at work.

This week at Seductive Musings:

Tuesday: Reviews

Wednesday: Reviews

Thursday: I will have a Thursday's Thoughts for you, and if I can one other review

Friday: Is the beginning of Blogfest where I will be giving away books. This is a huge blog hop, and I intend to giveaway a lot of books that have been sitting on my bookshelves. Hopefully you will find something that will tempt you :)

Also of interest: (Updated to add)

Win a trip to meet Lori Foster in her Caption This contest for her new book Run the Risk. Here are just a few of the details (please see the actual contest page for complete rules and disclaimers):

Start: Sept 17th-10AM ESTEnd: Oct 1st- 11:59PM EST

Prize: A Trip to West Chester, Ohio to Meet Lori Foster at her 2013 Annual Reader & Author Get Together

Details: To ENTER: Submit a creative caption for the cover art of Lori Foster’s RUN THE RISK.

*Seductive Musings is an Amazon affiliate and receives a very small referral fee for purchases made via the links on the blog and through the Seductive Musings Amazon Store. Read the full disclosure here.

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I was disappointed with Stygian's Honor. It's actually the first time in awhile I've read one of her books about the Breeds. I loved those earlier books.Then they became so that I couldn't finish reading them.This weeks Muse is gorgeous indeed. I just want to slip under that loose belt and hang on like Velcro. :)Carol L.Lucky4750 (at) aol (dot) com

I haven't read Stygian's Honor yet, I agree the last one not that great. I have to say I'm a lay down for Lora's Breed series I own the whole series and have to read each one when it comes out. I do think that she needs to step the books up though. she keeps bringing in new characters when there are ones that have been around that get ignored. I think that's part of the problem we are not vested in these new characters.lorimeehan@aol.com

You know now that you mention it I believe you are right about maybe creating too many new characters. Because you are right, without being vested in them and knowing more about what makes them different and what they went through before escaping they all kind of blend together, whereas with the earlier ones you felt you knew them and couldn't wait for them to have their HEA. I'll be interested to see what you think of SH once you have a chance to read it.

My FREE Kindle Quest

I've wanted a Kindle for what seems like forever, but haven't been able to afford it (and that's saying something since I can justify the cost of just about ANYTHING that I really want). I've tried winning one in one of the many giveaways that have taken place over the couple of years, but with no luck :( So I've decided to take matters in hand so to speak :) I've now decided that I am going to accumulate enough Swagbucks from my Swabucks searches to buy one...so in essence my new Kindle will be FREE...funded entirely by my internet searches done on Swagbucks. I'll keep you informed of the Great Kindle Quest below (in case you're interested....if not feel free to just skip over this part, but really who wouldn't be interested in a FREE Kindle?)

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If you'd like to learn how you can earn Swagbucks and earn your own Amazon Gift Cards to buy books, a Kindle or other merchandise sold at Amazon contact me and I would be more than happy to tell you how I plan to go about it. (just so you know you can earn both Amazon.com and Amazon.ca gift cards on this rewards site)